It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks challenges the Bishop Watterson Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bishop Hartley will be strutting in after a victory while Bishop Watterson will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Saturday, Bishop Hartley beat Highland 3-1.
Bishop Hartley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Bishop Watterson faced Mount Notre Dame in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Bishop Watterson fell just short of Mount Notre Dame by a score of 3-2. While the Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the 25-23 in the first period.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Bishop Watterson lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-23, 9-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Bishop Watterson might have lost, but man, Emma Cloran was a machine: she had 14 digs, five kills, and four aces. That's the most aces Cloran has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenna Glenn, who had 17 digs.
Even though they lost, Bishop Watterson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Bishop Hartley's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-8. As for Bishop Watterson, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-7.
Bishop Hartley came up short against Bishop Watterson in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Bishop Hartley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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